According to a report by Windows Central, Microsoft is working on a low-priced laptop aiming students as its target market. The laptop has a RAM of 8 GB, with 11.6 inch display and 1366 x 768 pixels resolution. The new student-centered laptop is named, Tenjin. The company is trying to keep its cost as low … Read more
Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. recently reported record breaking profits in the Q3 of 2021. Thanks to a spike in Google ads, the overall revenue of the subsidiary, Google skyrocketed in the third quarter of 2021. The profits of the company are much higher than expected and way more understated as compared to the estimations, … Read more
Uber – the ride-hailing application, has made up its mind to add 50,000 Teslas to its current fleet so as to switch to EVs completely by the year 2023. The company has reportedly joined hands with the rent-a-car service, Hertz. The latter announced that it had added 100,000 EVs to its platform, yesterday. Many transportation … Read more
Microsoft, is all set to introduce a new feature on its Outlook application next month. Since, typing long emails on a smartphone is a hassle, Outlook is back with its predictive-text feature to help you send your mundane emails a lot more conveniently. The company posted the announcement on Office 365 Roadmap, that the new … Read more
The online video streaming platform, YouTube has rolled out a new feature that is going to make it easier and faster for its users to find their required content. The new addition is available for both phone and desktop users. The new ‘New to you’ tab could be found in both website and application of … Read more
NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope has recently discovered signs of a new planet outside the Milky Way galaxy. The evidence of its existence was found in the Messier 51 galaxy that also happens to be 28 million light years from our home planet. The Chandra X-ray telescope of NASA, detects X-ray emissions especially from warm regions, … Read more
The micro blogging application, Twitter’s recent post shows a user’s NFT holdings under the new ‘Collectibles’ tool. The tweet by Mada Aflak, a software engineer at Twitter, shows the new feature the platform had been working on since September. As promised, here is the first experiment. Feedbacks and ideas are welcome 🙂 https://t.co/TDyhibCXfG pic.twitter.com/2ifru9T2Pa — … Read more
Recently, the video conferencing application, Zoom extended its live transcription feature to all of its users, including paid and free account holders. Earlier, the feature was limited to paid users only. According to the recent announcement, Zoom is pleased to announce that auto-generated captions, also known as live transcription, are now available on all free … Read more
YouTube has announced that it will begin demonetizing low-quality videos on the accounts for kids from next month. All the YouTube channels, claiming themselves as “made for kids” content have been warned by the video streaming platform to stop promoting negative behaviour or violence. “Such sort of content will not be tolerated by the YouTube … Read more
Facebook’s data scientist turned whistleblower, Frances Haugen testifying before the online safety bill committee, claimed the digital giant, Facebook is “unquestionably making hate worse”. “Facebook has been unwilling to accept even little slivers of profit being sacrificed for safety” she continued. Further disclosing the cons of its subsidiary Instagram, Haugen called out the photo sharing … Read more
Microsoft, in a recent blog post claims, Russia-owned agency is targeting hundreds of US companies after last year’s Solarwind cyberattack. The blog post further says that the new target of the Russian agency are resellers and tech providers. It also said that the attack had been part of a large scale campaign during summers, meanwhile … Read more
In the wake of current Facebook-Haugen controversy, the employee turned whistleblower, Frances Haugen has been called on to testify before the parliamentary committee on Monday. The whistleblower is all set to provide evidence in the form of leaked documents, scrutinizing the online safety bill. The bills provided by the former employee will then help lawmakers … Read more
Whatsapp, the messaging application has upgraded its payment tool recently. The payment feature will now ask for documents and verify the sender’s identity before the payments are successful. In order to access payments through the Whatsapp beta version, users will now provide legal documents first. The company has not made an official announcement as yet; … Read more
Recently, NASA uploaded a photo taken by its Hubble Telescope, capturing a stunning star formation nebula. The US space agency posted the photo on Instagram showing the region where infant stars are currently in formation. The twinkling stars containing hues of red and blue are seen aligned one after the other. The stars are shown … Read more
According to the leaked documents from before, the social media giant has been very keenly involved in in covering up the posts including anti-Muslim content. Apart from the leaked information, Facebook’s former employees are currently complaining about its reckless behavior towards keeping a check on hateful speech, and ‘reports’ especially on Islamophobic content. The leaked … Read more
Turmeric is the herb you’ll find in every household. You must have always heard how much it helps add flavors to every dish, but never had you known the effects it can have on one’s overall health. However, every fitness enthusiast must have atleast once in his lifetime, read about health benefits of turmeric to … Read more
ABU DHABI – Marcus Stoinis and Matthew Wade stood unbeaten to help Australia prevail in a tense finish against South Africa and win by five wickets in the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday. Chasing a modest 119 for victory, Australia were in trouble at 81-5 after Steve Smith, who scored 35, and Glenn Maxwell, who … Read more
Sri Lanka announced that the country’s regulating authorities have decided to provide booster doses to the front-line workers of the country, after the senior citizens get their respective shots. The country is all set to ease Covid-19 restrictions in all of its cities, so as to make the environment more Covid friendly. The third jabs … Read more
What is Dementia? It is a neurological disorder that robs people of their memory, ability to make decisions and solve everyday problems, costing the world $1.3 trillion a year. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is a progressive condition resulting as a result of a stroke, brain injury or Alzheimer’s disease. The WHO … Read more
SpaceX starship is gearing up for its first orbital launch attempt next month, with only a few developments yet to be made for instance, vacuum-rated Raptor engine installation, and launch tower construction. The starship will jet off into the space once it gets the green light from the regulatory authorities, according to the SpaceX and … Read more
Facebook’s messaging app, Messenger is about to add augmented reality (AR) experiences to its video conferences. The Group Effects feature is all set to add life to boring video conferences. From a group of 70 Group Effects, users can easily put on any filter of their choice. To apply the Group Effects, a member is … Read more
YouTube Music has recently announced to disable its feature of playing videos while listening to music on non-premium accounts. The announcement was made in a long post from the company stating that music videos on YouTube Music will very soon become exclusive to its paid subscribers, while free listeners will enjoy audio only. The non-premium … Read more
In the wake of current David Chappelle controversy, Netflix employees staged a walkout in solidarity with fellow Trans colleagues. The video streaming service received intense backlash for not censoring its TV Series ‘The Closer’ jokes targeting the LGBTQ community. David Chappelle’s The Closer has been under criticism since the release of its last season. At … Read more
Amazon, the e-commerce giant is now offering an opportunity to third-party retailers to sign up to Amazon and sell to its customers. Being a B2B and B2C marketplace, Amazon’s local selling opportunity promotes SMEs and offers them a chance to generate larger revenues remaining under Amazon’s brand name and sharing its customers through the company’s … Read more
After acquiring Sphere and expanding its access, Twitter made an announcement regarding its ‘Spaces’ tool recently. Anybody with iOS and Android can access and host ‘Twitter Space’ from now onwards. Previously, the ability to conduct the audio meeting was limited to accounts with at least 600 followers. the time has arrived — we’re now rolling … Read more
Netflix subscriptions skyrocketed in the last quarter of the year, when the South Korean-thriller ‘Squid Game’ aired on Netflix, last month. The subscriptions of the streaming service, Netflix shot up by 4.4 million from mid-September to October, which made it more than double of the last quarter. The dystopian thriller TV series made it to … Read more
Recently, the U.S. Senator Richard Bluementhal invited Facebook’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg to testify for his actions regarding the harm Instagram does to its users’ mental health, especially minor girls. After reviewing the leaked internal documents by Facebook’s former employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen, the Senator called Zuckerberg writing, Facebook “appears to have concealed … Read more
Snapchat, the story-sharing application, recently followed the suit of other social media applications after it decided to bring in tools for minors’ safety, just like other apps including Facebook, Instagram, Google and YouTube etc. The application has come up with parental controls’ tools for the safety of teens, especially girls. The recent decision of Snapchat … Read more
